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The HoneyBaked Ham Company

HoneyBaked wanted to build goodwill among its customers by leveraging a strategic cause marketing partnership with the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) to support breast cancer awareness (and boost sales) during October 2013.

Solution:

To generate buzz around the HoneyBaked Foils Breast Cancer campaign, Brogan created a central campaign landing page on honeybaked.com that showcased all seven ways HoneyBaked was supporting breast cancer awareness during the month of October. Brogan leveraged social media to uniquely spread awareness and educate consumers about the National Breast Cancer Foundation’s vision. Through the Facebook and Pinterest pages, HoneyBaked shared inspiring visual quotes and breast cancer facts to encourage fan/follower engagement. One of the main elements of the campaign was the HoneyBaked Foils Breast Cancer giveaway, where HoneyBaked gave away 100 dinners during October—(20) $75 HoneyBaked gift cards per week for five weeks. By connecting HoneyBaked’s reputation for comfort food and the breast cancer community’s need for comfort, HoneyBaked Facebook fans could nominate a friend or loved one who was currently going through breast cancer treatments to win one of the free dinners. The winners were randomly selected every Friday.

The month-long promotion led to an increase of more than 5,900 net new Facebook fans, a board following of 1,570 Pinterest followers, 800 entries into the giveaway, opt-ins to HoneyBaked emails and increased goodwill across social media channels and in-store.

The HoneyBaked Ham Company hung its hams, turkeys and sides on family tradition—and traditional media during key holiday seasons—Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas. A family company, governed by multiple division operations across the country, they recognized a need to identify a unified strategy. Also, competitors and consumers were migrating to social media. "Traditional" was at risk of becoming "out-of-touch."

Solution:

Brogan & Partners researched how women were using social media. In 2010, 72% of women used social networks to learn about and comment on new products. Also, 80% of women had become fans of products or brands on Facebook. HoneyBaked was sold. The divisions agreed to put the brand on Facebook to share information, advice and special offers. Within the first year of launch, the Facebook Fan page grew by 897% to 44,588 Fans. HoneyBaked experienced increased coupon redemptions, and we ignited a daily conversation with new, loyal customers. Yum!

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